Welcome to Private Shannon Country! Shannon Trail invites you to relive the adventure in scenic Northeast Nebraska where in the late summer of 1804 Private George Shannon, the youngest member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, was lost for sixteen days.

• Shannon Trail Statue
• National Park Service Shannon Sign
• Green Diamond
• Brooky Bottom Recreation Area
• St. James Marketplace – Handmade,
homemade goodness and a source of local
history books. Open weekends May through
November with the Heritage Festival each
September. It is on the National Historic Register
and the Wiseman Monument is near St. James.
Lewis & Clark Campsite where Pvt. Shannon was
lost near here-Goat Island 1804.

“Swedish Capital of Nebraska”
• Shannon Trail Statue
• National Park Service Shannon Sign
• Swedish Smorgasbord 4th Saturday each
October
• Ole’ Open Golf and BBQ each
4th Saturday in July
• Classic Car Show and Labor Day
Celebration held the Sunday of Labor Day
Weekend